Henry scheckelhoff



H SGHEGKBLHOPP. MA NNNNN D COPYING BOOK.

PatentedApr. 18; 1893.V

UNITED STATES HENRY SOHEOKELHOFF, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO lV. W. VVHIT l, OFA

PATENT OFFICE.

SAME PLACE.

MANIFOLD-COPYING BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,521, dated April 18, 1893.

' Application filed November 2,1892. Serial No. 450,761. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SoHEcKELHoEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, Ohio, have invented new and usefullmprovements in lvlanifoldopyingooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of mani folding books, so called, in which a carbon sheet is combined with a series of blank sheets in such manner that it may be folded within them in succession in order that matter written on one sheet or part of a sheet may be duplicated on another. Books of this character in various forms have been known and used in the art for many years. As commonly constructed they have been too expensive `to admit of their universal use, and they have been open to the objection that the carbon sheet which frequently became unfit for use before the leaves were all used, could not be conveniently detached or renewed. It is to overcome these objections that my invention is devised.

In the accompanying'drawings,-Figure 1 is an edge View of my complete book, illustrating the manner in which it is used. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cover. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder for the carbon sheet and leaves, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view showing the series of leaves forming the body of the book as they appear when bound together and readyfor attachment to the cover.

The cover shown in Fig. 2 consists of two stiff leaves or lids A, A, connected by an intervening flexible portion a. To one of the lids there is riveted or otherwise attached a rigid metal plate B, overhanging the flexible portion of the cover and having its end doubled orbent downward into the form of the lip b, so that a groove or channel exists beneath this lip and between it and the body of the plate.

O, represents a sheet of strong Manila paper or equivalent material of a length substantially the same as that of the cover with one end formed integral or provided with a pocket o, open only at the inner end or that nearest the middle of the cover. At its lmiddle an opening is punched or cut through the sheet C, and the material turned upward in the form of a lip or tongue c.

D, represents a sheet of carbon paper or other transferring paperhaving its end applied to the lip c in which it is preferably, but not necessarily, attached.

In applying the sheet C to thecover, the edge of the lip c is inserted inside of or beneath the lip b, of the metal plate, and the sheet then folded or doubled around the end of the plate, and within the cover as shown in Fig. l, the effect being to hold the sheet C, firmly in position.

The body of the book consists of a series of long sheets D', laid one upon anotherI and stitched, glued, or otherwise connected t0- gether at the end cl. They are preferably provided each with two rows of transverse perforations CZ and d2, in order to facilitate their separation from the book, and their division each into two equal parts bearing duplicate matter. To the back of the sheets D there is attached at the end d, a shorter backing sheet e, of paste-board, Manila paper, or other moderately rigid material. This leaf is adapted to be inserted endwise into the pocket c, of the sheet C; and when thus inserted it serves to hold the leaves in place within the cover. When the leaves are thus inserted it will be seen that theymay be doubled or folded backward at the middle each upon itself and. that the carbon sheet may be folded inward from the opposite end so as to lie between the two parts of the successive leaves. ln this way the writing produced on the free end of the leaf which is for a time being at the top, will be reproduced on the under or detached portion of4 the sameleaf. After an orderis thus produced in duplicate the entire leaf is removed along the line cZ, and then separated along the line cl2 into two equal parts to be disposed of ac cording to anyprearranged plan, the usual custom being to deliver one part to the customer or purchaser, and the other to the cashier.

It will be observed that when the cover is f olded or doubled it effectually prevents the withdrawal of the sheet e from the pocket, and it thus holds the leaves in position within the cover.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-AA 1. In combination With a lid or cover, a.

lpocket detachabl y connected thereto and provided with a carbon sheet, and a series of leaves bound together and provided with a sheet e, adapted for insertion into the pocket.

2. In a manifolding book the combination with a lid or cover provided with a holding device, a carbon sheet detachably connected to said device, and a series of leaves bound together at one end and detachably connected with the carbon sheet.

3. The lid d and its plate B in combination with the sheet C having the pocket and the carbon sheet, and the series of leaves D connected together at one end and provided with a sheet e adapted for insertion int-o the book.

4. A series of leaves secured together at one end', a carbon sheet detachably connected to said leaves, and a cover to which the leaves and the carbon sheet aredetachably connected.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as f my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 27th day of July, 1892.

HENRY SCI-IECKELIIOFF. Witnesses:

THos. B. REYNOLDS, HARRY L. MUNGER. 

